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Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh was born with the name Vivian Mary Hartley in British India on November 5th 1913. -
Things Are Looking Up
After a producer saw Viven Leigh in the play "The Bash", he then had her play the lead role in the film "Things Are Looking Up". This was Vivien's first movie. -
Fire Over England
Fire Over England is about the relationship stugles between England and Spain. Vivien Leigh stars as Cynthia, Michael Ingolby sweetheart. Fire Over England was also a costume romance that served to showcase Leigh and Olivier, a real-life romantic couple. -
Gone With The Wind
One of the most highly anticipated Hollywood pictures of all time. the film smashed box office records, and garnered 13 Academy Award nominations and eight wins—including one for Leigh as best actress. Gone with the Wind remains one of the most iconic pictures in cinema history. -
Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge made in 1940 was remake of the 1931 American drama film. The film is about a love story between Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor) and ballerina Myra (Vivien Leigh) after the events of WW1. This is believed to be the 3rd best film from Vivien Leigh. -
Caesar and Cleopatra
Vivien Leigh plays as the beautiful young princess Cleopatra in the film "Caesar and Cleopatra. The film was reported to be the most expensive film ever made in Britain at the time, coming to £1,278,000. -
A Street Car Named Desire
Vivien Leigh stars in the film "A Street Car Named Desire" as Blanche DuBois as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister, This is one of Vivien's best movies considering it was given a 8.1/10 from IMDb and a 98% from Rotten Tomatos. -
Deep Blue Sea
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle. Vivien Leigh played the lead femaile role in this film as Hester Collyer [also known as Hester Page] -
Illness and Struggles
In 1956 Vivien had the lead role in the play "South Sea Bubble" bbut withdrew from the production due to pregnancy. Unfortunetly she miscarried and entered a period of depression that lasted for months. Vivien had been diagnosed with a mental illness. -
Vivien Leigh (Death)
Vivien Leigh died July 8th, 1967. Tragecly, her cause of death was that her lungs filled with liquid, they collapsed and she suffocated.